Booze Bash Slot Review

The Booze Bash Slot Game

You know hell is about to be a vibe when Hacksaw Gaming welcomes you with a bar setup. As usual, this developer embraces its highly favoured monochromatic background. But guess what? It isn’t the sombre-looking, sinister atmosphere populated by trapped souls, which most hellish slots love embracing.

Booze Bash, on the other hand, picks up a high-energy ambience, thanks to the smooth sway of jazz playing in the background.

The 6-reel, 4-row playing field has colourful tickets that break the one-colour monotony. A two-horned, smiley chap dancing his hips to the tunes is your bartender of the day. He’s fixing you a cocktail while his buddy, a refreshing shot glass, admires him from the other side of the screen.

In summary, it’s a witty, ambient piece of cartoonish design completed by the developer. It also changes when you enter the bonus rounds.

Symbols and Payouts

As you enjoy the club’s high-energy, Hacksaw has decided you won’t be forming wins using conventional methods. Instead, a new Match-2-Win technique awaits, letting you connect identical halves (left or right half) across the reels to form winning pairs.

I’ll dive more into the payout system further below. However, while the Booze Bash has 14 pairs (complete regular symbols), you can only form 12 pairs per round. Still, the paytable ranks the regular pairs, depending on their payouts.

The low-paying symbol pairs include the Green, Blue, Purple, Orange, and Red Cards imprinted with 10, J, Q, K, and A letters, respectively. They pay 0.5x, 1x, 2x, 3x, and 4x the bet, respectively.

The mid-win symbols are the Hottie Shot, Ginny Tonic, Penny Colada, Marg Arita, and Mary Tini Cards. These are worth 5x, 10x, 25x, 50x, and 100x the stake, respectively.

Finally, the high-paying card pairs in Booze Bash have 250x, 500x, 1000x, and MAX WIN imprinted on them. They pay the corresponding amounts multiplied by the currently selected stake!  

Booze Bash Slot Bonus Features

In addition to the Match-2-Win engine, you can get even bigger surprises from the multiplier pairs, three bonus rounds, and bonus buys!

Wild Symbols

For the record, the wilds also exist as half symbols. The landed wilds will convert into a matching half to form a winning pair with paying symbols. However, they can’t create a winning pair with an FS or multiplier half. A completed wild pair pays 1,000x the stake!

Multiplier Pairs

The multipliers in this slot consist of an “x” on the left half and a number on the right half. Managing a complete multiplier pair applies to all wins on that spin. If multiple multiplier pairs land, their values will multiply each other before being applied to all wins. The possible Multiplier Pair values in Booze Bash range from x2 to x20.

Guilty As Gin Bonus

Land 1 FS pair during the base game to trigger this bonus with 10 free spins. It maintains the base game mechanics with more chances of landing high-paying symbols, multipliers, and wilds—additional FS pairs in the bonus awards +2 more free spins per pair.

Top-Shelf Trouble Bonus

Hitting 2 FS pairs in the base game starts this feature with 10 free spins. A Bash Bar becomes an extra row above the grid. After every spin and regular wins are collected, the Bash Bar reveals a dead or paying symbol for each Booze Bash reel from left to right. The dead symbols are non-paying and have no other effect.

When a paying symbol is revealed and its matching half is on the connected reel, the revealed symbol will change its matching position, creating a winning pair. However, the Bash Bar wins can’t occur on the previous winning positions on the same spin.

The symbols converted by the Bash Bar assume their original state after forming a win. So, it allows two separate wins in the same positions. Any additional FS pair in the bonus awards 2 extra free spins.

Hidden Epic Bonus - Hell’s Happy Hour

This feature with 10 free spins starts when 3 FS pairs land during the Booze Bash base game. It retains the Top-Shelf Trouble bonus mechanics, but all the special symbols can appear in the Bash Bar.

The FS and multipliers activate first, then the remaining symbols from left to right. The multipliers revealed in the Bash Bar only apply to the Bar wins, while wild symbols in the Bash Bar only convert symbols on that reel to wild. You get 2 extra spins per additional FS pair.

Bonus Buy

This game lets you purchase different features directly from the base game:

• BonusHunt FeatureSpins - each spin is 5 times more likely to trigger a bonus game for 3x the bet.

• Guilty As Gin bonus for 100x the bet.
• Top-Shelf Trouble bonus for 200x the stake.

How to Win at Booze Bash Slot

At first, this 6-reel, 4-row slot may look like a conventional game. However, underneath it is a surprise Match-2-Win payout system.

As hinted above, you should match symbol halves on connected reels to win. Every symbol in Booze Bash appears as a left or right half. Connecting two matching left-right halves on the same row completes a winning pair. The matches only happen on reel pairs 1 and 2, 3 and 4, and/or 5 and 6.

A spin deducts between €0.10 and €100 from your playing balance, determined by the selected bet.

Play a single round by tapping the Spin button or using the Keyboard’s spacebar. Or, play several preselected spins continuously using the Autoplay function.

Lastly, Booze Bash has more system settings, including Turbo, Super Turbo, and Info, accessible through the Menu button. They should help you configure your playing style and access the game rules.

Booze Bash Slot RTP & Volatility

You should watch where you play from, as casinos can change the RTP between 88.28% and 96.31%. The gameplay has medium to high volatility and a top reward of 12,500 times the bet!

The Concluding Thoughts

At the end of this slot review, one thing is clear: Hacksaw Gaming has mastered the art of creating memorable gambling experiences.

One thing that stands out in this Booze Bash is its Match 2 Win module. But wait! It’s not the first time the mechanic has graced the iGaming screens. If you played Pragmatic Play’s Piggy Bank Bills, you should undoubtedly be familiar with it. However, while the two slots may share some mechanics, they are two worlds apart.

This new release emphasises a more thrilling adventure, thanks to an extensive feature selection. They range from multiplier pairs to three bonus rounds and multiple feature buy options. As if that’s not enough, you can secure up to a staggering 12,500x the bet here!

True, the gameplay isn’t entirely unique. But the fact that it isn’t an average experience you’d randomly stumble on means it should be high on your must-play list! After all, aren’t we all rooting for fresh experiences?